#museum of fine arts of rennes

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Danae or Danaë (1891), (detail), by Alexandre Chantron (French, 1842-1918), oil on canvas, Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes, Rennes

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Last night was my company Holiday Party, and we're doing really well, so it was held at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)

I was so happy that also included the Styled by Sargent exhibit, of John Singer Sargent paintings and the actual articles of clothing alongside them.

Now, you have probably seen this painting of Lady Macbeth

But have you seen the costume she's wearing??

It's gorgeous, obviously.

But that texture! It's *crochet*

And some knitting

Really simple crochet too; just a chain and single crochet lattice with beads and metallic thread added for this chain mail effect.

Despite John Singer Sargent being an expert painter of fabric (no, really, just look at it), I never knew Lady Macbeth's costume had to be *hand crocheted* for that texture in the painting.

Anyway I'm gonna be making myself some faux-chainmail by crocheting it for the next Renn Faire

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Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)

Les Périssoires 1878 oil on canvas

155 × 109 cm (61 × 42.5 in)

Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, Rennes

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Léon Cogniet, Scene of the Massacre of the Innocents, 1824, oil on canvas, 261.3 x 228.3 cm, Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, Rennes, France.

Today is Holy Innocents' Day, recalling the massacre ordered by Herod. So, I wanted to share this painting, cause it's such a unique take on the famous art history theme "The Massacre of the Innocents."

The paintings that I was used to seeing depicted the actual massacre. There are babies being murdered, and mothers screaming and begging, like the ones by Rubens (left) and Reni (right).

But this one offers another pov. Here is a mother hiding from the chaos as she covers her son's mouth so that they don't hear them. But she's looking at us terrified as if she fears that we are going to tell the soldiers about them.

It's terrifying.

[kevlo75]

Conserved at the Museum of Fine Arts in #rennes, The Newborn is a painting by the Lorraine painter Georges de La Tour dated from 1645-1648. This oil on canvas represents the Virgin Mary holding the swaddled Child Jesus, in the company of Saint Anne who lights the scene with a candle. The Newborn is one of the most important works of Georges de La Tour due to the quality of the painting itself. This is not a simple maternity scene, but a religious subject featuring the Virgin, her mother Saint Anne and the Child Jesus. The painting had entered the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes in 1794 thanks to the revolutionary seizures of the property of emigrants. It was then attributed to a Dutch painter, Godfried Schalken. Later, it was considered a work of the Le Nain Brothers, an attribution still in force when the German art critic Hermann Voss returned the canvas to Georges de La Tour. Inspired meeting, the pleasure of sitting on the bench in front of the famous painting and lingering over details such as the light of the candle reflected on the fingernails of the Virgin Mary, the softness of the faces, the beauty emanating from this moment of peaceful #intimacy … #art #virginmary #jesus (à Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-xpGILmlC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Charles-André van Loo (1705-1765) "Portrait of Innocente Guillemette de Rosnyvinen de Piré" (c. 1762) Oil on canvas Located in the Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes, Rennes, France

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Danaë, Alexandre-Jacques Chantron, 1891

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François Nicolas Feyen-Perrin, (1826-1888), After the Storm, before 1865, pastel on paper laid down on canvas. Rennes Museum of Fine Arts.             http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Alexandre-Jacques Chantron (French; 1842 - 1918) ”Danae”, 1891, Oil on canvas, 173 x 116.5 cm, Collage, Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, Rennes, France

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Velleda by Charles Voillemot 1869. Height: 2.3 m (90.5 in); Width: 1.4 m (58.2 in). Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes.

"Time would fail me to tell of thy battles in the North ; of insurgent Rhine, of captured Veleda's entreaties and, latest and greatest triumph, Rome placed in thy hands (to govern) while the destruction of the Dacians going on, when Gallicus, the chosen, took up the leader- ship of our great chief, and Fortune marvelled not."

-Silvae of Statius 1.4

https://paganimagevault.blogspot.com/2020/05/velleda-by-charles-voillemot-1869.html

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Isaac van Oosten - Noah leading the animals to the ark - 

oil on copper, Height: 69.5 cm (27.3 in); Width: 86.8 cm (34.1 in)

Izaak van Oosten, Isaak van Oosten or Isaac van Oosten (sometimes, due to a repeated typographical error: Izaak van Costen) (10 December 1613 – December 1661) was a Flemish Baroque landscape and cabinet painter active in Antwerp.

Van Oosten specialized in landscape paintings and panels for Antwerp cabinets. His compositions appear to have been popular and incorporate all the elements of the Antwerp school of landscape painting of the first half of the 17th century. He was strongly influenced by other Antwerp landscape painters, in particular Jan Brueghel the Elder, and contemporary Flemish painters such as Alexander Keirincx, Lucas van Uden and Jan Wildens. He was also influenced by the late work of Jan Brueghel the Younger to whom his work is sometimes erroneously ascribed.

His landscapes are simple with open spaces and mostly hilly landscapes typically filled with a pond or road and several clusters of trees. There is an overall sense of gentleness and calm in these compositions. An even, gentle light spreads over the entire painting and the trees are untouched by the wind. He appears generally not to have been influenced by the woodland painters with their preference for dense forest scenes. A number of his landscapes have a Mediterranean flavour. There is no evidence that Van Oosten travelled to Italy and his Italianate landscapes must therefore have been inspired by the work of other painters.

He regularly returned to the themes of The Garden of Eden and the Creation of the Animals, themes that were introduced into Flemish landscape art by Jan Brueghel the Elder. These themes allowed him to show off his skills in painting a variety of animal species – mammals, fish and birds, as well as the imaginary unicorns. He often painted on copper, the smooth surface of which allowed him to arrive at his detailed depictions of flora and fauna.

As was common practice at the time, he often collaborated with painters who specialized in particular scenic elements. Willem van Herp is believed to have painted the staffage in many of van Oosten's works. A good example of such collaboration are the two panels on the Four Elements, on which van Oosten collaborated with Pieter van Avont for the staffage and possibly Jan van Kessel the Elder for the animals and still-life elements.

Works by van Oosten can be found in the collections of the Uffizi, the Museo del Prado, the Hermitage Museum, the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, the Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, the Toledo Museum of Art and other museums.

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Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)

"The Canoes", 1878.

Oil on Canvas, 155 × 108 cm.

Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, France.

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1794 Christian Marie Colin de la Biochaye - Bad news

(Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes)

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The path that François Pinault followed

The path that François Pinault followed is worthy of admiration - from a simple worker at his father's sawmill, to a world-famous entrepreneur and art collector. Today, the Pino family's fortune is estimated at billions of dollars. He is one of the few people who had a personal phone number for French President Jacques Chirac. And he, according to rumors, provided comprehensive support to the business person - after all, Francois once saved his life.

Wood business

François Pinault was born on August 21, 1936, in a small French village in the province of Brittany, in the family of a timber merchant. The boy's studies were of little interest. In addition, in college, he was often teased because of his rural accent and peasant origin. At 16, he stopped attending classes and helped his father.

In 1956, François enlisted in the army - uprisings began in Algeria, which was a French colony. In the military service, he earned start-up capital to start his own business, but the money came in handy only after a few years. Two years later, after returning home, Pino, on the recommendation of his father, got a job in a company selling timber.

In 1962, François married Louise Gaultier, daughter of the owner of the company, and soon ran the business himself. The company was renamed the Pinault Company, and they made large financial investments into it, including by Pino himself. However, the marriage did not last long: the couple divorced five years later, although they already had three children - François-Henri, Dominique, and Lawrence. Pino had to pay compensation to the Gaultier family, but he remained with the company.

In the early 70s, he began buying dozens of small firms on the brink of bankruptcy across the country in order to expand his concern. The takeover scheme was simple: he waited for the company's value to fall to a minimum, then bought it. He used the same principle later for market giants.

In those same years, Pino made a deal that brought him impressive profits. He unexpectedly sold his successful company for 25 million francs but kept 20% of the shares. While in the position of CFO, François placed a gigantic order for timber, which caused a real collapse in the market. Material prices plummeted, but to cancel the awful order, the new owners of the company would have to pay an extortionate fine. Since they did not have the named amount, they agreed to sell the Pinault firm for 5 million francs.

And this is not the only example of François Pinault's entrepreneurial ability. In 1974, he predicted or received from reliable sources information about the change in the price of sugar. Pinault invested 300 thousand in the business and earned 10 million francs on it.

Around the same time, François remarried. His chosen one was Maryvonne Campbell, an antique dealer. She introduced the future billionaire to the art world. Pino became interested in this area of investing money and bought world masterpieces of painting.

Abrupt course change

François Pinault's logging business was on its feet when, in 1988, he decided to radically change direction and began investing in various retail companies. He bought a majority stake in several companies: the CFAO distributor in Africa, Conforama home furnishings chain, Printemps department store, La Redoute mail-order store, and books and electronics firm FNA. In 1993, they renamed Pino to Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, and in 2005, PPR.

A year earlier, in 1992, the business owner created the holding company Artémis to manage the investments of the Pino family. They the news magazine Le Point in 1997, Christie's in 1998, and the Ponant cruise line in 2015. Now the holding also controls wine production in Château Latour, Clos de Tart, Domaine d'Eugénie, Château Grillet, Eisele. Another investment Pinault - football club "Rennes", winner of the French Cup: they bought him in 1998.

By the end of the 90s, the luxury industry became the primary interest of Francois Pinault. So, in 1999, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute bought a controlling stake in Gucci Group for $3 billion and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2000, Pinault gained the French jewelry company Boucheron, 2001 - Balenciaga, and the British fashion house Alexander McQueen. In the press, the business owner has even nicknamed the octopus: he bought up any companies and brands that seemed promising to him.

In 2003, the elderly billionaire handed over the management of his companies to his eldest son François-Henri, who is no less famous in business circles. The successor of the family business did not deviate from the planned course and gained the brands Brioni, Girard-Perregaux, and Pomellato. In 2013, PPR changed its name to Kering. The entrepreneur's son is also famous for his marriage to actress Salma Hayek.

Billionaire personality

Joseph Marc Blumenthal described François Pinault as a very tough and domineering leader. For example, after buying another company, he could not hesitate to cut almost all staff, and the first to cut its top managers. In such situations, the interests of business, not people guided solely by the entrepreneur.

Pinault was always very proud of his friendship with French President Jacques Chirac. Back in the 60s, the business person met a junior official, Jacques, and after that, while in prominent government positions, François provided tangible support. So, in 1981, Pinault gained a state-owned timber processing company for only 1 franc. All this is because the entrepreneur dissuaded Chirac from a dangerous trip on the train, which was later blown up by terrorists.

After handing over the management of the companies to his son, François focused on art. Now his collection includes about five thousand works of famous masters - Pablo Picasso, Pete Mondrian, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons. However, Pino approaches collecting from the point of view of benefits - investments should bring income. The billionaire even conceived of creating a large museum to house his art collection. The collection will be on display at the Paris Bourse, and the exhibition is scheduled to open in the spring of 2021.

The Pino family is also involved in charity work. In 2019, they allocated 109 million dollars for the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral after the fire, in 2018 - contributed significantly to the restoration of Victor Hugo's house. Earlier, in 1990, the billionaire took part in the restoration of Burned down French forests, in 2000 he provided financial help to the islands of Brittany, affected by a spill of hazardous substances after the sinking of the oil tanker "Erica".

The figure of François Pinault causes the most controversial rumors in society. On the one hand, he is a successful entrepreneur who built a business empire, although he himself was from a simple peasant family. They say that in order to achieve success, Francois did not disdain dubious and even illegal transactions. In 2020 the Pinault family is ranked 27th on the Forbes list. Her fortune is estimated at $27 billion.

Quotes

"My competitors will either die themselves or I'll eat them."

"My only diploma is a car license."

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The Death of Du Guesclin by Édouard Toudouze. Rennes Museum of Fine Arts. Forgotten hangings from the Parliament of Brittany are making a comeback in Rennes. In spare parts. They adorned the Great Chamber of Parliament until 1994, the year of the famous fire that ravaged the building. #dugueslin #finearts #rennes #parliament #brittany (à Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoeOW13I8F0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Noël Coypel (1628-1707) "Resurrection of Christ" (c. 1700) Oil on canvas Located in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France